The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-28


Ev the way, low is Is that our es-
teemcd contemporary, tie Ners ond
C1uTier, heretofore 50 anxious for the
blood Of some one, has had nothing
to say Of this shooting affair.
AS long as our juries justify every !
homicide. it matters not haw aggra-
waiting the circumstances, we may
expect q resort to mob law, because
our people will lose confidence in the
Justice Of our courts.
Tie very best men, and only such,
should be allowed to serve, or be eli
9ib!e to serve, as jurors.
TEE EXPERIMENTAL sTATso.~.
We desire to direct attention to
the resolution adopted by the Farm
ers' County Club or last Saturday in
regard to the experimental stations.
We think it wise and proper, and
hope tie Board Of agriculture ~ill
act il accordance with this resolction,
if they find they have it in their
power so to DO, as we think they
have from the words Of the Act. We
have thought all along that it would
be unwise to establish two expert
mental stations when an agricultural
college is in contemplation. The
station was designed by the friends
of the college as a nucleus out of
which it is hoped college will
spring. Then why have TWO expert.
mental stations, and spend money on
them, and finally have rivalry be-
tween them for the college.
The matter should be left open ii
possible until the next session of the
Legislature, and the Act should be SC
amended as to provide for but one
station, with the understanding tha
whichever place secured the station
might expect tie location 6 the col
lege, if we are to have one. We hav,
never opposed tue establishment o
; al agricultural college, and do no
now oppose it, because the farmer
seem determined to have it, and i
J they are willing, to pay for it, we d.
not care, but we have never been o
= the opinion that such q college woul'
prove the panacea for all their woe
that some seem to imagine.
The money, in our opinion, nece:
o sary to establish and keep going a
agricultural college would be muc
, more wisely spent, and do vas
o deal more good, if given to our con
- mon schools.
Give our boys and girls good con
mon school advantages and you
this way reach all of them, and the
e will make good farmers and goo
l. good farmers wives. We think tn
+ should be done first, and we say 6
because we think it would be best ft
est = tettha@usss''s'estjio o1tUeu ana is now fre
from the law so far as this case
concerned. The citizens of Lauren
since his acquittal, have hel} an il
dignation meeting at the result. 4
account of the trial and of this NEE
ing may oe found elsewhere in thi
paper. From the statement we frs
had of the killing, it locked yer
much to US like case of wilrul mul
der. We refrained from commen
because this statement was bat a
ex parte account. We have sine
seen the account giving Mr.. Shes
hams defense, and our opinion in re
gard to the crime is still that it wa
a case of murder, if it is possible t.
make out case of murder in thi
country. But the jury rendered
verdict of not guilty, and thereb,
Justify Mr.. Sheahan in taking th
life of Mr.. Bishop. Mr.. Bishop wa
shot down by Sheahan, who wa
armed with two pistols, and while he
Bishop, was unarmed.
We do not desire the blood of any
p'an, but human life is getting to be
too cheap. It is getting to that point
that men who have money. and oj
course the influence which it brings
do not mind shooting down theiI
neighbor, for they feel that no jury
will convict them Of murder. We
sometimes wonder if our people are
not becoming opposed to capital pun,
ishnent any way. We think that ii
our juries, in plain cases of MURDER,
would let the people kaewsssy their
verdicts that sthsaga:lty would GER
symeet the stern mandates Of
the law, .here would be fewer homi-
cides in this State. More regard
should be be had for the life of our
fellows. We should not put so low
an estimate upon human life as to feel
at liberty to take it for an imagined
wrong, or for little or no provocation,
and uhon uo 10 folio II in this WOW